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Patented Feb. 21, 1893.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARCHIBALD F. LAIRD, OF THORNTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN M.HILL, OF SAME PLACE.

COTTON-BAG CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,028, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed July 2, 1892. Serial No. 438,822. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AROHIBALD F. LAIRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Thornton, in the county of Limestone and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Ootton-Bag Carrier, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cotton sack carriers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device wherebycotton sacks may be conveniently carried during the picking of cottonfrom one portion of the field to another without wearing the sack andwith convenience to the picker.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective View of the cotton sackcarrier constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is areverse plan view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a downwardly bowed axle on the spindles of which arearranged carrying wheels 2, and the said axle has secured to it y boltslongitudinal supporting bars 3. The longitudinal supporting bars areprovided at their front ends with eyes 5 adapted to be engaged bysuitable snap hooks 4 of a cotton sack 6, whereby the latter is securedin place of the carrier. The longitudinal bars are provided withopenings extending longitudinally of them to increase the lightness ofthe carrier, and the said bars are slightly curved in cross section toconform to the bag and to provide a rest for the same, and they havelateral extensions 7 arranged at the outer side and extending upward atthe sides of the bag and provided with openings to increase thelightness of the carrier, which is designed to be constructed of metal.The wheels are constructed entirely of metal and are provided The mouthof the bag is provided with a handle 8 by means of which the carrier isdragged over the fields as the cotton is picked, and it will be seenthat a heavy bag may be conveniently moved by a picker without strain orinconvenience to himself,and without wearing the bag.

The longitudinal supporting bar may be shifted over the axle and thebolts. adj ustably secure them to the axle, and the parts may bearranged to support the size of the bag or sack to be carried.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a' sack provided at its frontend or mouth with a handle, of an axle, carrying wheels and longitudinalbars secured intermediate their ends to the axle and curved incross-section to conform to the configuration of the sack when thelatter is full, and means for securing the sack to the bars,substantially as described.

2. In a sack carrier, the combination with a bag or sack, of adownwardly bowed axle, carrying wheels, longitudinal supporting barscurved in cross-section secured to the axle and having lateralextensions and provided at their front ends with means for securing thebag or sack to them, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a sack or bag provided with eyes and having ahandle at its mouth, of a bowed axle, carrying wheels, longitudinalsupporting bars slightly curved in cross section and provided withlateral extensions and having openings, and snap hooks arranged at thefront ends of the bars and securing the bag or sack to the latter,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AROHIBALD F. LAIRD.

Witnesses:

J. G. NEWMAN, W. H. Fox.

